WINNIPEG, MB – Hockey Manitoba is excited to acknowledge the first five champions of the 2014 Hockey Manitoba Provincials presented by Cargill Ltd. who competed in various divisions over the weekend of February 21-23.  The initial weekend of action hosted five different Male Bantam categories at host locations across the province;

Gender	Division	Cat.	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Male	Bantam	AA	Steinbach	Southeast Blizzard	Northern Knights	Springfield Icehawks
Male	Bantam	A	The Pas	Virden	Swan Valley	Dauphin
Male	Bantam	B	Minnedosa	Russell	Eastman	Red River
Male	Bantam	C	Arborg	Killarney	Manitou-Somerset	Grand Plains-Roblin
Male	Bantam	D	Winnipegosis	Hartney-Deloraine	Oakville	Winnipegosis

 

The 2014 Hockey Manitoba Provincials presented by Cargill Ltd. will continue this weekend, February 28 – March 2, with 74 more teams competing in nine tournaments across the province. This weekend’s host locations will be Swan River (Atom AA), Melita (Atom A), Ile des Chenes (Atom B), Riverton (Atom C), Swan Lake (Atom D) Manitou-Somerset (Female Midget A/B), Steinbach (Female Midget C/D), Miami (Female Peewee A/B) and Warren (Female Peewee C/D).

Keep up to date with the 2014 Hockey Manitoba Provincials presented by Cargill Ltd. by visiting www.hockeymanitoba.ca/provincials for all schedules, scores, standings, player stats and host information.  Also follow various provincial league playoffs such as Midget AAA, Junior A, Junior B, Junior C, and various Senior categories crown more 2014 Provincial champions.  Checkout the special video clip posted at www.youtube.com/hockeymanitoba featuring past Provincial champions Jayce Hawryluk and Ryan Pulock of the Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL).